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The Garden for August 
T HIS is a good month for potting 
Easter Lilies which are intended for 
forcing. Keep them in a cool, dark place 
until they are thoroughly rooted. 
Such Carnations as you may have 
bedded outside must now be brought in¬ 
doors. It will hardly be safe to leave 
them out longer. 
If you sow Perennials at this time it 
will be well to sow them in coldframes 
so the late rains of fall will not wash 
them away. 
Top-dress the Asparagus bed with 
sheep manure, and keep the bed free from 
weeds. Because a bed has ceased its im¬ 
mediate service to the table is no reason 
its care should be neglected. The future 
has always to be borne in mind. 
Don’t forget that your Squashes must 
be gathered before a frost. Store them in 
This shows what a little rockwork planned 
now will do for springtime effect 
warm, airy places to cure. In this connec¬ 
tion, however, the longer they remain on 
the vines before frost, the harder the shells 
will become, and the firmer the vegetables ; 
therefore the longer they will keep. 
Mulch the Strawberry plants you set 
out this month as soon as they are planted. 
Tar-concrete garden walks, drains, etc., 
may be made this month, as they are best 
made during hot weather. 
Hedge pruning may be done this 
month for the last time. 
Transplant (in the same ground or 
elsewhere) bulbs that were not dug up in 
the spring. 
Hypericum calycinum, Wichuriana 
Roses, Cotoneaster microphylla, are recom¬ 
mended by an English correspondent as 
excellent for planting on very steep banks 
which with difficulty are kept tidy. 
Look carefully into the matter of the 
maturing Tomato plants. Arrangements 
for their support (racks, etc.), must be 
in good shape. 
There may be some necessary spraying 
this month in the vegetable garden — 
Potatoes for blight and rot, and Cabbages 
for aphides. 
Your very late crop of Celery can be 
provided for by setting out Celery plants 
at this time. They will need thorough 
cultivation. 
Harvest all crops of vegetables as fast 
as they appear, and clean up the old lit¬ 
ter. Otherwise your garden may become 
a breeding-place for insect and fungous 
pests which will do great damage next 
year. 
Sow seeds of French Marigold, Japan¬ 
ese Morning Glory, Drummond Phlox, 
etc., now for transplanting, later, to indoor 
window boxes. 
Pick ofif the seed-pods of Pansies and 
Violas from time to time as this will en¬ 
sure a longer blooming season, and the 
flowers will be superior in size and color. 
A plant cannot nourish seed and blossom 
at one and the same time successfully. 
Cut out any old canes from your Cur¬ 
rant bushes at this season, and canes of 
Blackberries may be pinched now to in¬ 
duce side growth for compactness. 
You may still sow Lettuce for a late 
crop, and this is a bit of gardening you 
will not regret having attended to. 
Potting Ferns 
T HERE are many lovely Ferns growing 
in the woods back of our pasture lot, 
and when the time comes I should like to 
take some of them up. Will you please give 
me directions for potting them? 
Pot Ferns firmly, but remember that 
they dislike hard potting and will not 
thrive under it, or when the potting soil 
fills the pot up to the brim. Instead the 
top of the Fern root-ball should be placed 
Square flags laid in this manner make attrac¬ 
tive garden paths through shrubbery 
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